JOUR 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Common Carrier, William Prynne, Pillory

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Journalism and Communication
• Course: JOUR 1001
• Professor: Christopher Dornan

Document Summary

> rise of capitalism, democratic politics, and scientific nationalism. > members of constituencies can talk amongst themselves and form themselves into communities. Limping chicken: > no news outlet for deaf people- made to bring deaf people together > began with a grant- now exists with advertising. > deaf community was too small to have its own publication in a newspaper- digital media allowed them to change this. > smallest and specialized journalistic groups can break news as well- must have global significance (ex. fake sign language at the mandela memorial) New digital platforms allow the creation of niche publications and organizations. Conversation of society: by + through use of media. > people had next to no way of communicating with one another- especially people far away. Before printing, people gained information from sanctioned sources, and people in crowds + churches. Prior to gutenberg, everything had to be written by hand by a class of profession- al hand-writers/ scribes.